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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-11-03
Speeches by irish Members Of
Parliament.

Parliament.
The Irish meeting held in Chicago re-
Gently was a gathering OF about 5000
Irish and Irish.American citizens to hear
Arthur O Conner, NJ. p, and Sir Thomas
G. Esmonde, NJ. p, on home rule in Ire
land.
Mr.. O'Connor in calm, dignified man.
ner, spoke OF the situation in ireland.
He felt that many would prefer if he ad-
vocated extreme measures and physical
force, but that as they were in Ireland
they were supposed to be the best judges
OF the mode OF procedure. which was con.
stitutional agitation, and it wero better to
receive from Eng lands right hand Irish
home rule, than to wiring it by force from
Engla nd 8 left hand, which right be re.
covered again at the first favorable oppor.
tunity. The fight was not the Irish
against the English, but between q
Troy government and the National
league. He reverted to Mr.. Chamberlain
proposed visit to this country as an En-.
glish commissioner, and advised the Irish
in America to treat Mr.. Chamberlain as
Mr.. Gladstone has done, and not forget
that he is the guest OF the United States
while here and that they are citizens.
The Irish parliamentary had adopted the
the motto of Gen. Grant, and will fight the
battle out if it takes all winter,
, Thomas Grattan Esmonde, NJ. p, spoke
at length, reviewing the acts of the Irish
party and the plan OF campaign. Said he:
We are fighting the same battles in Ire
land that your forefathers did in America
over hundred years ago. England then
wanted to force free trade upon you and
you would not submit; she tried to coerce
you. but you claimed the right
to manage your own affairs and Won hav Va
been doing it ever since. He alluded to
''tbe jubilee coercion act," and asked the
people of the United States, who have en-
abled them to struggle against q concen.
trated power in England. to aid this time,
and he confidently hoped it would be the
last struggle. We have been cocrced so
often that we are getting used to it, and
no amount Of coercion will make us abate
ons jot in our struggle for home rule.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-11-03
Death Of Rear Admiral Nicholson.

Rear Admiral J. w. A. Nicholson Ire.
tired) died in New York City on the 2Sth.
Admiral Nicholson was born in Dedham,
pointed to the navy in 1882. During the
war he took part in number OF en-.
gagements. He was with Farragut IN the
Mobile fight. being in command Of the iron.
clad Manhattan which sunk the Confeder-
ate ram. Tennessee, and rendered great
aid in the capture OF that city. From
1873 to 1876 he was in command of the
Brooklyn navy yard. He was at Alexan.
dria when the English bombarded that
port, and rendered valuable assistance to
tired in 1883 after having served his coun.
try forty-six years.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-11-03
Commander Rea on Pensions.

Judge Rea, otMinneapolis, the Command.
Chief OF the Grand Army was en-
tertained at a camp fire OF Aclzer Poet, G. A.
r. ut St. Paul. On the subject OF pensions,
he said: It is sometimes said that the
Grand Army is little too extravaganza in
its demand for pensions. The grand com.
mandery has always resolved against all
kinds OF service pensions. but ask only for
pensions for needy and deserving. All pen.
sioners are put on an equal footing.
pensions not being paid for rank but for
the injuries they have received. They
have always refused anything that looks
like compensation. All they ask is that
ground or who fought at Mission Ridge
shall not end his days in a poor house.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-11-03
General News ltene.

P. T. Barnum has just purchased
$4,000, 900 worth OF real estate in the
business section OF Bridgeport. Conn.
The Republican national committee will
meet in Washington December 8, to fix the
date and place OF the convention OF 1888.
The order retiring Col. E. 8. Otis, TWEEN.
tieth infantry, from duty at Washington
city, has been SO amended az to take effect
Nov. l, 1887.
The gross earnings of the Manitoba road
for September were $847, 500, against$S19.-
100 for the same month in 1886, an in.
crease OF $28, OO1.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-11-03
Why the Northern Pacific Wants
Money.

Director Charles B. Wright, of the North
ern Pacific railroad, has issued circular
to the Eastern preferred stockholders, ex-
planning the necessity OF the new loan. Mr..
Wright says the $4,000. 600 issue is for
the following purposes: $4,000, 900 OF the
bonds to be reserved and set aside to take
care Of the outstanding 6 per cent dividend
certificates issued in January 1883 and
now about falling due; 81, 500, 600 for the
completion OF the Cascade tunnel and the
bridge across the Columbia river at Pasco
and some $500, 900 is required immedia to-
~ for rolling stock to meet the demands
of the company's business. Means are re-
Quired to open up the great coal fields OF
the company on the Cascade division.
The remaining bonds may not be required
to be used for several years.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-11-03
A Fifty-one Pound Nugget.

The Ballarat correspondent of the
Melbourne Argus teleqrsphed on Au.
gust 80: This morning an i'm.
mense nugget weighing about 81
pounds OF pure gold was uneart:,ed in
the Midas mine at Sulky Gully. This
mine is on the property of Sir William
Clarke. known as Bowling forest. The
nugget is flat and has some, hing the
contour OF colossal hand held open,
with the thumb and fingers close to-.
gether. Its greatest l.neth is12 l-2
inches and breadth 8 1-2 inches. and
it varies in thickness up to2 1.2 inches.
1t weighs 617 ounces. 1t was found
in the northwest main drive in the d.
rection Of the No. shaft, 12O feet
from the surface, and at q spot so feet
from where the Lady Brassey nugget
was recently found:''
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-11-03
Chicago Not Greatly Excited.

Mr.. Grinnell, district attorney Of Chica.
go. now in Washington. referring to sensa-
tional reports which are published in some
Of the New York morning papers, which
represent Chicago az in great excitement.
over the impending executions and az taking
extraordinary precautions to prevent an
outbreak on Nov. II, II the United States
supreme court shall decide not to inter.
fere, says:
That 10 all wrong. There is no such
state OF feeling in Chicago, and no such ex.
tr"ordinary precautions have been made.
ways do whom IN execution is about to
take place. The people are not moving
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-11-03

Elihu Stevens, of smithfield, Me-,
recently celebrated his hundredth
birthday anniversary, being assisted in
the pleasing task by four generations
of his descendants, who number in all
$40 persons.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-11-03

out in anticipation OF an outbreak. Ny
office 10 40 near 40 any place can we'll DO to
the place OF confinement. and IL a bomb
waa TO be found anywhere. one might ex.
pect to look for It in my Office; but have
not the slightest apprehension Of anything
OF the kind.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-11-03

A Mexican court has just sentenced
an engineer on the Mexican Central
railroad to ten years. Imprisonment
Tor running over and killing q cattle.
drover.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-11-03


Three departments in school have been
opened with Prof. W. w. Cressy as princi-
pal.
ization of the A. O. U. w. in Mime
sofa was dedicated in Rochester, recently,
by Ashlar lodge. No. %. The CITY was
decorated in honor OF the event, and large
delega tions from Winona, Owatonna. Kas-
son and other towns were present.
George Rosinck and Della Parks have
eloped. George is thirty. two years of age
and the young lady sixteen. Miss Della
lived with her parents OH farm twelve
miles from Perham. Robinck was in tie
employ OF her father.
The Duke of Marlborough attended the
opening ball Of the fashionable orpaniza-
ton known as the Wabasha club OF st.
Paul. and was pleased with the attention
shown him by various sycophants.
The North Star Iron Works OF Minnea r.
oils has made arrangements to put in a
large plant Mt Oakland few miles below
St. Paul on tho Burlington road.
Joseph Ahrcnsdorf q native German
who has been in this country about eight
months. was killed at Indexes mill on
East Seventh street, St. Paul.
At St. Cloud. j. J. Kissman, dry goods,
was closed by the sheriff on an attachment.
County Attorney Ketcham, of Grant
county has begun suit against the Manito-
ba Railr Dad company to recover the pen.
atty for not providing suitable crossing
Tor the public highway near Elbow lake.
The result OF this suit il looked upon With
good deal OF interest. rs involving the
question whether the railroad company ia
obliged to maintain a portion Of the pub
lie roads.
Three parties-Frank and George Spen-
Ger and Louis Beanbien. the latter an old
half-breed explorer brought to Duluth =
large box Of very rich gold nuggets, which
indicate find OF unusual richness and val.
lie. The find is located about iortv n,;ia.
north Of Grand Aarias, Cook COUNTY.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-09-28
Pleasant Dreams.
From Puck,

From Puck.
cit ant everybody I'd put to sleep
In this room," said old Mrs. Jinks to
the fastidious and extremely nervous
young minister who was spending bis
first night at b at her house.
'This here room is full of sacred as-
sociations to me-" she went on. "My
first husband died in that bed with
his head on them very pliers, and
poor Mr.. jerks died settin' right in
that very chair there in the corner.
Sometimes when come into theroom
in the dark I think I see him slttln'
there still.
''My own father died layin' on that
lounge under the winder. Poor pa
He was speeritualist, and he allus
said he'd appear in this room again
after he died; and sometimes Pm fool
ish enough to look for him. II you
should see anything of HIM tonight,
you'd better not tell me; for it'd be q
sign to me that there was something
in speeritualism, and I'd hate to
think that.
envy son by my first man fell dead
of heart disease right where you
stand. He was q, doctor, and there
two whole skeletons in that closet
that belonged to him; and half doz-
en- skulls in that lower drawer.
swell, good night, and pleasant
6raamS
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-09-28
THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT.
BY EDNA DEAN PROCTOR.

Have you seen by Potomac, that shaft in the
skies,
Soaring proud from the meadows to mate with
the sun;
Now misty and gray as the clouds it defes,
Now bright in the spendor its daring has
won?
The winds are its comrades the lightning, the
storm
The first flush of dawn on its summit shines
fair
And the last ray of sunset illumines its FORM,
Towering grand ana alone in the nm1tless
air.
BY Nile rise the pyramids, wrapped in the
shades
Of ages that passed as the waves on the
shore,
And Karna majestic, whose vast colonnades
A god might have fashioned for mau to adore;
And Baalbec uplitts. like vision divine,
Its wonder of beauty by Lebanon's wall;
But captive and slave reared In sorrow the
shrine;
The palace, the temple the pyramid tall.
To freedom Potomac's proud ObeliSk towers,
Ana Karnak and BaaIbec in beauty outvies |!
For Washington's glory its grandeur empowers,
And freemen with JOY piled its stones to the
skies,
O symbol of liberty, matchless sublime,
Still soar from the meadows to mate with the
sun,
And see thy republic. to uttermost time,
The noble, the peerless, the many in one
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-09-28
1t w as the Bishop.
From the American Magazine.

Late one Saturday night Bishop
Simpson arrived at g. town Ia the
mountainous regions of Pennsylvan-
Ia, where he was total stranger.
The next morning he made his way to
the Methodist Church, and accosted
the pastor, telling him he was q
brother in the ministry. Simpson be-
ing exceedingly awkward and plain In
appearance, the pastor was half in
clined to omit the courtesy due q
brother preacher, OF asking him to de-
liver a sermon. His request for the
stranger to preach was expressed in
most formal and constrained man
ner. The stranger readily agreed to fill
the pulpit, and the pastors chagr1n
was evident. The Bishop preached
one of his powerful sermons, and ev-
erybody in the audience whispered to
his neighbor, "Who is he?" Before
he had taken his seat the pastor had
him by the hand. "What did you
say your name WASP" Simpson"
"What! Not the bishop?" ''That
is what they call me-" The minister
shouted, "You have just had the
privilege to listen to Bishop Simpson.
Let us sing, praise God from whom
all blessings how."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-09-28
An English Jury.

One must not criticise magistrates
too severely, however, in the face of
the performance Of O. jury OF Liver
pool assizes. David Lewis, a collier,
was indicted for unlawfully wounding
his wife and doing her grievous bod
lily harm. 1t was proved that he
came home drunk, ouarreled with the
woman, and bit one OF her fingers TO
the bone. He then followed her to
bed, and beat her violently on the
head with q lump OF coal. La the
teeth OF this evidence twelve intelli-
gent Liverpudlians found Lewis not
guilty. Public opinion in Liverpool
wants q little educating apparently.
Ii this had happened in Ireland We
should have heard 3 pretty chorus OF
indignation.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-09-28

should become crowded in the trellis,
thus keeping your vine down and un-
der control.
In order to obtain the best results
vines should never be trained so thick
on the trellis as to exclude the sun
and air. never allow mine to cross
each other. By this practice of train
ing and cutting back your vines will
be vigorous, thereby resisting disease,
the clusters large and perfect and
your fruit much earlier than would
otherwise be the case.
In trimming old. neglected vines I
commence and cut back all of the new
growth to two buds, removing entire
branches wherever they are zoo near
together, and after giving them O.
good trimming | stand back, look at
them and go at them again, always
endeavoring TO leave the vines as
equally balanced as possible, and
where several have started out from
the ground | remove all but one or
two. Among our visitors q great
many expressed their astonishment
at the productiveness of the vines,
and wondered why theirs do not do
better; and upon inquiry Hound that
in nearly every case their vines had
been left to go,it-as-you please sys-
tem.-[Cor. Practical Farmer.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-09-28
OF INTEREST TO FARMERS
The Grasshopper.

A grasshopper sat in an oak tree green,
Mending the shoes of the fairy queen,
For he was cobbler of q the lays,
Fellows and puppies and greens and grays;
happy old ie low and merry was he
AS he sat on the limb of the old oak tree
Oh, merry and bold and ever so old,
AS heard one day when this story was told
bobolink skirmishing over the way,
Called to the grasshopper, "Sir,good day ~
And the grasshopper cobbling still at his shoe,
Answered politely, The same to you =
And nodded his head with little bow,
Though couldn't exactly tell you how;
For the Prince of good manners-the grasshop.
per-he,
AS he cobbled away in his old oak tree
Chow much do you make by the day and the
week 2"
The bobolink asked with firt and shrek;
''Three go den leaves of the buttercups flower
Three crystal d ops from the latest shower;
Three SACKS of meal from the poIen's best
That the elves shake off from the cowslip's
breast;
And that doth keep me both we'll and good
For I'm the boss cobbler of all the wood -
A barefoot boy, az he came along,
And loitered to list to the bobolinKs song,
And shy stone as well as he could,
At the little boes cobbIer of all the wood;
"You cobble q shoe ~ he cried as he laughed,
"You're the funniest cobbler of all your craft:
dew !"
o, what cobbler to cobble shoe !"
But the bobolink answered with honest wrath,
AS he peered at the boy in the woodland path,
each one is Wisest and sk1llfulest, too,
That knows just the work he has to do;
For eltin feet those slippers are best
That re made from the tin1est leaflets vest
While Natures leather SEEM fitted for you,
AS you wear it still And away he flew.
William NJ Briggs in the independent
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-09-28
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE.
SOFT GINGERBREAD.

One cup molasses; one cup sugar;
one cup butter; one cup sweet milk;
four cups flour; four eggs; one table
spoonful ginger; one small teaspoonful
of soda dissolved in milk. Beat the
mOiasses, butter, sugar and spice 80 O.
cream; whip in the beaten yoiks, the
milk, and lastly the whites. alternat-
ing with the flour. Bake IN two
loaves.
DOMESTIC CAKE.
One cup Of butter, TWO cups OF
sugar, one cup Of water and an even
teaspoonful of soda. Make q stiff
paste and kneed until it does not
stick to the hands or rolliDg-board.
Roll very thin and cut in any fancy
shape with cake cutters and bake g
light brown IN quick oven. An egg
may be added ii desired, and rol led
out, jumble shape, in dry sugar.
CORN STARCH CUsTARD.
Six tablespoonfuls of corn starch
boiled in one quart of milk, sugar to
taste, peel Of two lemons grated and
the juice of one. When thick, pour
into g. wetted dish. Beat one cup OF
sugar with the white OF five eggs and
pour over the corn starch, set In the
oven until slightly brown. Serve hot
or cold, with a custard made of the
yolks of the eggs.
SPONGE JELLY ROLL.
-Four eggs, one cup and q half of
sugar, one tablespoon baking powder,
beat the whites separately, aud the
sugar and the yolks together till very
light; then add part Of the whites,
then q cup of flour, then beat good,
then little more flour, then the rest
OF the whites and stir easy, put it in
and bake. Spread and roll as quick
as you can.
MILAN CAKE.
Half pound of sitted -four, quar-
ter of g. pound of butter, six ounces of
sugar, two tablespoonful of thick
sour cream and one egg. Make q
paste Of these Ingredients, roll it out
and cut into diamond shaped pieces.
Glaze with egg and bake in ahot oven.
When cold place a bit OF jam or jelly
in the center of each and serve.
DOUGHNUTS.
Beat two eggs until light and foamy;
add one cup of sugar, g. tablespoonful
of cream or a piece of butter, one cup
of sweet milk, add salt and spice if
you choose, two heaping teaspoonfuls
of baking power and flour until the
mess is s5lff enough to roll On the
boards and cut in squares or rounds
nicely. Drop in hot lard and fry
brown.
GRAHAM NIUFFINS.
Two cups of sour milk; one tea
spoonful soda; two teaspoonfuls su-
gar; little salt and graham flour to
make moderately stiff batter. Add
the soda to the milk and beat for q
few moments before adding the other
ingredients. Bake in hot creased gem
tins.
SALT PORK PANCAKES.
Cut the pork into very thin slices,
make batter of cup of -four, one
egg, and enough sweet milk to thin it;
dip the pork into the batter and fry
in hot lard until browo. Serve hot,
but do not place the cakes one upon
the other, as by so doing they become
h0aVy
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-09-28
Sailing Cows Regularly.

All kinds of stock need salt, but it
is especially necessary for mich COWS,
and it is important that it be given
regularly. II left where they can get it
under shelter, they will only eat what
they need, a little almost daily to
supply the small percentage of salt
found III milk. as long as 81 calf
gets milk as even part of its diet, it
has no craving for salt, and probably
does not need any. Regularity in
sailing COWS increases the flow of
milk, but If obliged TO eat more than
they need by having salt mixed with
food, there will first be an increase in
milk production followed quickly by
g. decrease and often serious injury to
the COW.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-09-28
Skim-milk for Cows.

There are many times in butter
diaries where the most profitable Use
OF SKINNED milk is to feed it again to
the COW which mas given it. The milk
after the cream has been taken from
it retains the elements that most
COWS find deficient in their food.
With plenty of grain the cow can east
ly supply the carbon or fat-forming
elements of her milk, provided she
cen get the caseine and albuminous
portions which the skim-mik fur
nishes. It is the drain of these that
hurts COWS most, and they should be
supplied, if not in skim milk, then in
some other food equally nutritious.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-09-28
Sorghum in England.

An English paper says: Sorghum IS.
eachara tum) as fodder crop
especially suitable to dairy COWS, is
coming gradually but surely into use
in this country. 1t is superior to
maize-which it so closely resembles
until the Towering stage takes place,
that an ordinary observer cannot
tell the difference-in the proportions
of albuminoids. Carlo hydrates and
fat which it contains, and is, there
fore, g. more valuable fodder crop,
though, as it's stem is smaller and it
does not attain the full height ofgiant
maize, the bulk of its products some
what less. There is no difficulty in
raising it on well prepared land, and
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-09-28
Ola Snowbanks on Wheat.

1t is only as snow becomes COM
pact by frequent partial thawing and
freezing that it becomes destructive
to winter wheat on which it lies.
Early in the season it is light and cas-
lily permeable by air. In midwinter,
too, the wheat under deep snowbanks
is dormant because the soil around
its roots is frozen. But in warm
days toward spring the ground thaws
before the snowbaDk entirely disap-
pears, and if as the wheat plant
starts to grow it cannot find air and
light it quickly perishes. Holes
through icy snowbanks clear down to
the ground may save the crops be-
meath them, which with this precau-
ton will be all the better for their
winter covering.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-09-28
one of it's ADVANTAGES is that it NAV

one Of it's advantages is that it may
be grown after q crop of vetches or
trifolium has been taken off the land.
Indeed, as with maize, the chief dan
ger is in sowing it too early. At For.
est Hill, Messrs. Carter q Co. have
some sorghum over six feet high just
fit for cutting last week, which was
planted on the LIST of June, and Prof.
Long grew q good crop last year after
sowing on the 9th of June. Thus the
crop makes it's growth in so short
q period that there is no occasion to
submit it to the risk of damage from
frost. That it stands draught we'll is
shown by the height it has attained
this season. Stock are very fond OF
sorghum, which, with about two
pounds of cotton cake per day, forms
q perfect diet for a cow. The aetrin-
gent properties OF the cake are useful
as s. corrective to the laxative effect
Of the sorghum, which contains
large quantity of sugar. AS long
ago as 1860 he7cus sacchara tus, as
sorghum was formerly and is still
sometimes named, was referred to in
Morton's Handbook of Dairying" as
ga newly cultivated grass likely to be
serviceable in small and household
diaries late in autumn" b1t until late
ly it has never had fair trial.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-09-28
Verdi Bought His Own Music.
From an Italian Paper.

Two years ago paid visit TO Yer
di, who was rusticating at Monica
lierie and occupied small villa quite
secretly shaded amid grove of ever
green's. He received me N large
room which he called his parlor, bou-
doir, dining room and bed chamber.
81 have two other large rooms in
the house." ad ded Verdi" ''but they
are at present filed with objects [
have hired for the season."
He opened two doors, and [ saw
two large rooms filled with hand or
gans.
"When arrived here" said Verdi, call
these organs were continually playing
tunes from La Traviata,' 'RigoleGto,'
I'll Trovatore,' and my other operas.
They annoyed me to such an extent
that have hired them for the season.
This has cost me 1000 francs, but l
have peace"